Development of Infographic Materials to Enhance Young English as Foreign Language Learners’ Reading Comprehension
Keywords:
infographic material, reading comprehension, young English as foreign language learnerAbstract
The objectives of this study were to: 1) develop infographic materials to help teach young English as foreign language learners’ reading comprehension skills and 2) examine how effective the developed materials were in increasing young English as foreign language learners’ reading comprehension skills focusing upon non-fiction text. The participants included 20 year-four students and five foreign teachers who were purposefully selected from Prasarnmit Primary International Programme (PPiP). The instruments used were: 1) semi-structured interviews for teachers, 2) need analysis questionnaires for students, 3) English reading comprehension tests, 4) semi-structured interviews for students, and 5) material evaluation forms for teachers. The qualitative data was analysed through content analysis. The quantitative data was analysed by Wilcoxon signed rank test and statistics using percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The results found that (1) the students’ posttest mean scores of the English reading comprehension tests improved at the significant level of 0.5. (2) the results from students’ semi-interview and teachers’ material evaluation showed the satisfaction of both students and teachers toward the implementation of the develop infographic materials.
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